The official shipping date of the new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera is April 20th according to Ricoh Japan.
In the US, B&H and Amazon list the K-1 Mark II shipping date as April 11th.
Additional information on the Pentax K-1 upgrade service can be found here.
First Pentax K-1 Mark II camera reviews are now available at:
Dpreview just published their interview with Ricoh executives where they confirmed that a new GR camera is coming soon:
Speaking of smaller cameras, our readers really want a GR III – is this something you’re working on?
Good question. Although we don’t know whether it will be called ‘GR III’ or not, the study for the development of the next GR is already ongoing. We cannot say when, and how exactly it will be, but the next GR will come someday.
Her is the recap of the rest of the interview:
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Ricoh will soon announce a new Pentax M-1 microwave equipped with Wi-Fi and LTE modules and a camera placed on the top panel. Thanks to this innovation, the Pentax M-1 microwave will be able to take photos of food in studio quality and then post them on social media. The price is expected to be around $299.
→ 5 reasons to buy the Pentax KP camera – a mirrorless killer?
→ Pentax Q-S1 camera review.
→ Pentax K-1 II camera hand-held pixel shift processing.
The new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera is expected to start shipping in April and it seems that some stores already received the first pieces (see cameranu.nl).
The first Pentax K-1 Mark II camera review is also now available online at tiendapentaxeros.com (Google translation).
Update: part II of the review is now available online (Google translation).
Pentax K-1 Mark II pre-order options: B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | WEX (UK).
There are already rumors that Ricoh is planning to revamp the current DA★ lenses with new motor drives and electronics and the first two lenses benefiting from this treatment will most likely be the current 16-50mm f/2.8 and 50-135mm f/2.8 models.
In the case of the DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 the revamping could include some tweaks in the optical formula aimed at mitigating one of the main weaknesses of the current lens, its high level of chromatic aberrations.
A recently published Ricoh Imaging patent application (P2018-45172A) put emphasis on the minimisation of chromatic aberrations. There are 10 examples in the patent. All of them could be commercially designated as 16-50mm f/2.8 APS-C zoom lenses (more precisely: the shortest focal distance goes from 16.46mm to 16.52mm, the longest focal distance goes from 48.35mm to 48.83mm, maximum aperture is always f/2.9, the image circle’s radius is 14.24mm). Five examples include 16 elements in 13 groups, three examples include 17 elements in 13 groups, two examples include 15 elements in 12 groups.
The current smc Pentax-DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL [IF] SDM lens includes 15 elements in 12 groups:
